[Verse 1] What wonderful pals you and I used to be just as happy and free as the birds in the tree I carried your books to school ev’ry day it was never December ‘twas always May But now you tell me not to hope and that is why I say.
[Chorus] There is no warmth in the sunshine The flowers have faded away The days are all dark there’s no song from the lark The world is all work and no play Life is so dull and so bitter I feel like a failure a quitter I’ve been yours from the start When you said we must part You took the sweet from sweetheart.
[Verse 2] I’ve met lots of girls since those days back at school those dear days when we both learned the good golden rule But of all the girls that I have known you’re the only girl I wanted for my own What hard luck the world will agree to find your heart was stone.
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